Saddle.



P. D. STEWART.

SADDLE.

APPLICATION FILED was. 1915.

1,246,675. Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

P. D. STEWART.

SADDLE.

APPLICATION FILED was. 1915.

1 246.675 Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

vslots and a stud or PATRICK DOUGLAS STEWART, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

SADDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

Application filed August 9, 1915. Serial No. 44,531.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK DOUGLAS STEWART, a subject of the King of England, residing in London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saddles, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention is for improvements in or relating to saddles. The object of the invention is to produce a light riding saddle provided with simple means for adjustin the angle of the saddle to the withers of the horse.

Generally a saddle is built up on a wooden tree and a metal framework comprising a pommel and side bars united at the back by the cantle.

Saddles, particularly pack saddles, have been proposed having arms fitting into caps pivoted together and arranged to be locked in any position, the caps being formed at the upper ends with disks pivoted together and provided with holes arranged to register with each other, and a bolt or screw to pass through the holes in the disks and secure them together. Pack saddles have also been proposed built up on a saddle tree having flat arms which where attached to the side bars lie parallel to the withers of the horse but have their upper portions lying at right angles to the center line of the saddle, which upper portions are secured together by screw bolts with nut heads which pass through slots in the arms so as to allow of the arms opening and closing to adjust the saddle.

An adjustable saddle has also been proposed having side bars connected together at the pommel and the cantle by curved arms forming an arc of a circle and sliding over each other. These bars are provided with bolt projects from each arm into the slot of the other arm to secure them rigidly together in any desired position.

According to this invention, the pommel frame for a riding saddle comprises two bars pivoted to each other at their upper ends, each bar having upper and lower portions whose fiat faces lie at right angles to each other the fiat portion of one member being pivoted between a pair of fiat portions on the upper end of the other member, the lower portion of each bar being of greater length than the upper portion, while the flat portion thereof 1165 parallel to the withers of a horse.

7 also In building a saddle according to this invention the tree is dispensed with and the rear poortion of the framework or cantle may e dispensed with, the saddle being built up on a pommel frame of the form described above.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate by way of example one method of carrying this invention into efl'ect:- C11Figurel is a perspective view of the sad- Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the special form of pommel frame, and

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the same.

Each of the two fiat iron bars A compos ing the pommel frame is in the 'form of the letter L with a short horizontal part B. The fiat of the bar A is arranged to lie parallel with the withers of the horse. The upper end of each flat bar A is provided with an extension Gr having at its upper extremity a fiat part which is at right angles to the center line of the saddle. In the form illustrated the fiat part C of one bar fits between two flat parts 0 at the upper end of the other bar. These two upper ends may be sector-shaped as shown, or circular, or of any other suitable shape. The upper ends C, C of the bars are pivoted together at D and are provided near the circumference with a number of holes E to receive'a fixing bolt orscrew F or other convenient device for fixing the two bars of the frame together. As shown in Fig. 4 the holes E in the upper flat parts that the bars A- may be relatively turned so as to bring the holes E into register at different angles and the bolt or screw F may be introduced into the holes in register so as to fix-the bars in any desired position. If desired the upper portions G of the bars A may be bent outward to form a curved or partly circular bridge at the top of the pommel. In the form shown they are bent C G are so arranged cured in any usual way. At the front of the saddle, the main body, the pads, and the pommel are built on to the special pommel frame as shown.

For ordinary riding saddles, no further framework is required, but in military saddles where somewhat heavy loads (such as forage bags) may be slung at the rear of the saddle, say at one side, there may be a tendency for the saddle to twist, particularly if it be wet. In such cases, therefore, it may be desirable to provide longitudinal bars N secured, say by a pin joint, to the bars A of the pommel frame and extending into the body of the saddle.

The construction of the pommel frame may be modified. For example the fiat and engaging parts C may be produced by simply twisting the upper end of each bar A so that the fiat. part is at right-angles to the center line of the saddle.

Alternatively the bars need not be twisted at the top but may be curved without being twisted and may overlap, and the upper ends of the bars may be provided with rows of holes or slots to receive one or more securing bolts or screws.

Each of the bars may be enveloped in a leather sleeve forming the means by which the pommel frame is fixed to the body of the saddle. The leather portion of the saddle may extend up to a point on the pommel frame some way below the joint so as to give freedom for the relative movement of the bars. The joint may therefore be ex posed, in which case it would be covered by the wallets of the saddle, or the joint may be covered by a cap, flap, or strapping.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A- frame for a riding saddle comprising two flat bars, each having an extension at the upper end, one of said extensions having a fiat plate connected to its upper end, a pair of fiat plates carried at the upper end of the other extension, the first-mentioned flat plate being pivoted between the said pair of fiat plates, the fiat surfaces of these plates and the extensions by which they are carried lying at right anglesto the center line of the saddle, each of the fiat bars depending from the extensions being of a greater length than the combined extension and plate above it, and being arranged to lie parallel with the withers of a horse, substantially as described.

2. A frame for a riding saddle, comprising two L-shaped flat bars, each having an extension at the upper end, one of said extensions having a flat plate connected to its upper end, a pair of flat plates carried at the upper end of the other extension, the first-mentioned fiat plate being pivoted between the said pair of fiat plates, the flat surfaces. of these plates andtheext'ensions by which they are carried lying at right angles to the center line of the saddle, and the depending L-shaped fiat bars being arranged to lie parallel with the withers of a horse, substantially as described.

8. An adjustable pommel frame for saddles comprising in combination two fiat L-shaped bars arranged to lie with their flat sides parallel with the withers of the horse, a longitudinal bar secured to each of said fiat side bars and extending toward the rear of the saddle, two flat triangular shaped plates at the upper end of one of said flat side bars and integral therewith, a similar flat plate at the upper end of the other fiat side bar and arranged between the two plates of the first bar, said plates lying at right angles to the center line of the saddle and being provided with a series of holes, and a bolt arranged to pass through the holes in the said plates to secure the two plates together at different angles.

4;. An adjustable pommel frame for sad I dles comprising in combination two flat L-shaped bars arranged to lie with their flat sides parallel with the withers of the horse, an outwardly curved, upper extension on each of said bars, two flat triangular-shaped plates at the upper end of one of said extensions and integral therewith, a similar fiat plate at the upper end of the other extension and arranged between the two plates of the first extension, said plates lying at right angles to the center line of the saddle, and being provided with a series of holes, and a bolt arranged to pass through the holes in the said plates and to fix the two pivoted side bars together at different angles.

5. An adjustable pommel frame for saddles comprising in combination two flat L-shaped bars arranged to lie with their flat sides parallel with the withers of the horse, a longitudinal bar secured to each of said flat side bars and extending toward the rear of the saddle, an outwardly curved upper extension on each of the fiat side bars,

two fiat triangular shaped plates at the.

upper end of one of said extensions and integral therewith, a similar flat plate at the upper end of the other extension and arranged between the two plates of the first extension, said plates lying at right angles to the center line of the saddle, and being provided with a series of holes, andv a bolt arranged to pass through the holes in the said plates and to fix the two pivoted side bars together at difi'erent angles.

6. A light saddle provided with an adjustable pommel frame comprising in combination two fiat L-shaped bars arranged to lie with their fiat sides parallel with the withers of the horse, a longitudinal bar secured to each of said flat side bars, and extending toward the rear of the saddle,two

flat triangular-shaped plates at the upper end of one of said flat side bars and integral therewith, a similar flat plate at the upper end of the other flat side bar and arranged between the two plates of the first bar, said plates lying at right angles to the center line of the saddle and being provided with a series of holes, and a bolt arranged to pass through the holes in the said plates to secure the two plates together at diflerent 10 angles.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PATRICK DOUGLAS STEWART.

Witnesses:

ERNEST W. Moss, RONALD S. DOLLZMORE.

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Washington, D. 0. 

